Lawrence Pie embargo would save wheat and fuel for troops
Lawrence residents and university students would swear off pie for ninety days to conserve flour fats and sugar. Chef Roy Holt estimates one thousand pies daily consume 350 pounds flour 170 pounds shortening and 350 pounds sugar, totaling 10 500 pounds flour 5250 pounds shortening and 10500 pounds sugar for a month.
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Lawrence
France
Roy Holt
Johnson and Tuttle Restaurant
Lawrence Bakers
Tolt
Holt
Desert
Reno Notice and Local Society Items
The Reno notice lists dental offices that will close every Saturday afternoon from May 1 to December 1 1918 including Dr J E Meadows Dr Geo Esterly Dr J W O Bryen Dr E Baumgarder Dr A Hults Dr W Gorrill Dr L N Frink Dr W W Rugs Dr H B Kibler Dr P N Stevens Dr F M McFarland and Dr H W Hutchinson. Community notes quote social visits school events measles cases barn construction and farm activity with residents such as Mr and Mrs Wade Zimmerman Roy Zimmerman Nellie Viets Norman Hemphill and Ward Fox. The reel of brief items mentions travel to Lawrence Paola and Kansas City, cattle shipments, and local employment and schooling details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Meadows
Geo. Esterly
J. W.o’bryen
E. Baumgardner
A. Hults
W. Gorrill
L.N. Frink
W. W. Rugs
H. B Kibler
P.N. Stevens
Wade Zimmerman
Pleasant Prairie
Roy Zimmerman
Nellie Viets
Lawrence
Geo. L. Phenicie
Edward Doyle
O'Dea
Norman Hemphill
Frank Breese
Dana Sanders
Pony Creek
Norman Johnson
Atchison
Roy Johnson
Paola
Kansas
Ward Fox
James Dwyer
Fred W. Kahn
Kansas City
Standard Oil
C. E
Ray Cook
Frank Mickadell
W. T. Bleakley
Dorothy May Bleakley
Aid Society
Fox
Charlie
Allie Thayer
Halbert Jameson
H. A. Hallenbeck
Bell Bros
Sam_ Kelsall
Roy Dehof
Lela French
Jewett
Roy Cook
F. A. Michaedell
P. W. Kahn
Kent Creamery
Kate Doyle
Otto Luckan
Auto Forum
Sam’ Kelsall
Alice Conrad
Tonganoxie
Community Notes Include School Closings and Church Plans
The week closed with O Neil school winter sessions to be led by Shel at home under parental supervision. Aid Society reports a large turnout boosting Red Cross work, pillow snips and handkerchief sewing. Church plans and blueprints discussed. Miss Phillips and Mrs Baldwin attended. Guests enjoyed a two course luncheon. Nearby, Stanwood and Mound schools held events honoring teachers with farewell dinners. Local families, including the Dehoffs and Grahams, assisted with farm and creamery tasks as Miss Donovan retires after two successful years.
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Shel
O'Neil
M. R. Conrad
Aid Society
John Fox
Red Cross
Miss Phillips
Mound
Anna Donovan
Clifford Dehoff
Robert Graham
Eva Graham
Harry White
Donovan
Robert Blaker
Alfred Kahn
Fred W. Kahn
Kent Creamery
Local High School program aids two week afternoon sessions
The Conrad class and other girls will continue two weeks in the afternoons at the High School to review and perfect themselves as young hearers. Nance plans to move to Nyat this week’s end. Mrs Blaker visited, and Mr Le Thenicie spent time with Neil Harmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad
Nance
Nyat N
Robert Blaker
Antone Kahn
Geo. le Thenicie
Neil Harmon
Honey Valles
Fred Barnhart
P Hans
Harry Skeess
Homer’ Glaze
Fred Larnhart
Ethel Kahn
Tonganaxie
Bred Kahn
Messurs A
Heines, Wot, Bleakley and
Phenicie
Topeka Court Hears Preliminary in Non Support Case
Dr. Orelup Eye Ear Nose and Throat records in the Dick Building. In Topeka Kansas a laundryman faces a preliminary trial for non support. His wife testifies they lived on 14 dollars weekly and reveals forgone wages while noting cigars and relationships. She armed with letters found in his pockets and fled to her parents' home.
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Dr. Orelup
Dick Building
Hi Costaliyin
Topeka
Kans
Ad Lee
Kansas
Kent Estate Transfers and Property Listings
Multiple Kansas property exchanges listed with Agnes Morton to A J Morton and others for $1 and other considerations. Transfers include parts of SW and NW quarters, lots along Tennessee Street and Funston Avenue, plus notes on estate shares and line items. The column also includes a faded ad about a grandmotherly remedy for croup and a quip about silent loafers and automobiles.
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Kent Estate
Agnes Morton
A. J. Morton
John Kilworth
Wm. McCleary
J. R. Bechtel
H. S. Hiner
Tennnessee Street
Chas
A. Randell
Sadie S. Randell
Funston Avenue
North
Lawrence
Kan- Sak
Geo. W. Willens
James W
Daniel Flory
David Barnhart
Wohacres
Marie Williams
Coal Production Rises in Week Ended April 13
Washington reports a clear rise in coal output for the week ending April 13 with bituminous and anthracite gains. Bituminous shipments reached 158,177 cars, up from 161,054. anthracite loaded 87,760 cars, up from 32,626. Authorities aim to boost bituminous output by 75 million tons to aid wartime needs. Consumers urged to place orders early as transportation bottlenecks persist. New Kansas coal prices take effect April 20, with regulated rates for Cherokee Crawford and Leavenworth districts and allowances for wage agreements.
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Washington
United All
United States Kiel Administration
Kansas
Cherokee
Crawford
Lightning Creek
Upper Win
Pleasant Grove Mourns Sudden Death Of Mrs Lyons
The Pleasant Grove community is shocked by the sudden death of Mrs. Robert Lyons at a Kansas City hospital after an operation for goitre. Her husband four children and other relatives mourn. Mrs Lyons was beloved for her gentle nature and active church involvement. Her arrival from Colorado and time with relatives are noted amid a week of heavy rain and farm disruptions.
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Robert Lyons
Kansas City
Tuesdeys
High Prairie
Hitchcock
Colorado
Lyons
Harris
Lawrence
Exons
Nellie Harter
M. G. Rice
al E. Puckett
Mesdames
Harter
Rice
Soldiers and families greet returning troops amid updates
The page notes letters from Com from Ivy and Mrs Lester about home plans and health, plus mention of Private Ribner in France and Charlie Jacobs in Washington. It reports Lawrence trips, spring planting efforts, and community updates on illness, deaths, and letters from soldiers and relatives.
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Iday
Lawrence
Elmer Lofty
Ace Lester
Com “Tignipian
Rani
Mes. Thompson
Lister
McLouth
Hate Petersen
Elmer Flory
A. J. Berile
Meupaliia
Roters
Wether State
Gevasioniius
St. Patrick’s
Avery Ribner
Faunsima Eliteh
Keny A
Prod
EL Ribner
Ordnance
France
Hee
Snd
Charlie Jacobs
Aley
Washington
Leonard
Charlie. Williams
Census costs loom over 320,000 to pay bills
The text discusses the necessity of funding census expenses, noting figures like 320,000 and 900 for enumerator bills. It cites the Bureau of the Census plan, cost estimates, and routine fieldwork components, including population figures and expenditures, amid discussion of appropriation debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Rogers
aListi
Tubacen
Colotbee
Unclear fragment hints at local speech
Fragmentary text presents garbled phrases and names, unclear event or context, no coherent report or identifiable entities to summarize reliably.
Iron to the Front Promises Vitality and Energy
An advertisement touts iron as key to vigor for soldiers and workers. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s formulations Iron tic and Pleasant Pellets from the Buffalo Surgical Institute, claiming to revitalize blood, boost energy, and restore stamina. It urges readers to obtain trial packets via mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Vo
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Roy Dehoff
Nujol
Nujol Laboratories
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Bayonne, N. J
F. S. Rockwell
Med. Dept
U. S. Army
Ft. Seward
Alaska
Nojel
Weilt
Clockwenta Nvins
Seni
Corns
E. Lawerie
Chicago
Rennie
Croup
Billie Mayberry
Eckert
Gal “L
Foley
Andr
Federal
Shack
Ucford
Franklin Amet Tin
Sao
Leavenworth Cour
Pleasant Grove
Castoria
Matthew
Jennie
Cei
Etripides
Censes
Henrman
United States
Uncle Eber
Willint
Jay
Usele Elway
Mabio
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